Five GIS Projects That Are Changing The Way We Understand Racism
▻http://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2016/10/25/5-gis-projects-that-are-changing-the-way-we-understand-racism/#2eeefbc72a44
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Within the fields of history and journalism, the use of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) has greatly changed the way we visualize, understand, and analyze racial bias within the United States and the globe. Maps have always been a way that we were able to conceptualize the topography of our universe, and now the use of GIS has given us more insight into the inequality embedded in our country than ever before. Below are just a few of the projects working to use spatial analysis in order to reveal the historical and current prejudices that people of color face every day.
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